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A Cellphone That Is Made With the Environment in Mind

Hundreds of millions of cellphones containing toxic chemicals are discarded each year, and many end up in landfills. If you want your technology company to do its part for the environment, the new Motorola W233 Renew is one place to start.

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Made using plastics composed of recycled water bottles, the Renew is being billed by the company as a carbon-neutral cellphone. Motorola offsets the carbon dioxide required to manufacture, distribute and operate the Renew through investments in renewable energy sources and reforestation.

Other environmental efforts by the company include printing the Renew’s packaging on 100 percent recycled paper and providing a prepaid shipping envelope so that users can recycle their old phones. The Renew is also free of polyvinyl chloride, asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons and halons.

The Renew offers up to nine hours of talk time on a single charge and up to two gigabytes of optional removable memory. The phone is available at T-Mobile for $10 with a two-year service contract. You can get it in any color you want, as long as it’s green. AZADEH ENSHA

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